Frinks AI, a deep-tech startup, has raised $5.4 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Prime Venture Partners. With this round, the total funding raised by the startup stands at $6.25 million.
The round also saw participation from existing investor Chiratae Ventures, along with Navam Capital and Ashok Atluri, Founder of Zen Technologies.
The fresh funds raised will be used to scale its platform across global markets, invest aggressively in R&D, and expand its presence in the US which is a key market for such technologies.
Founded in 2020 by Aditya Agrawal, Dharmgya Sharma, and Subhra S. Bhattacherjee, Frinks AI is building next-generation Vision AI systems that help manufacturers automate and elevate quality control on their production lines. With a no-code platform, manufacturers can easily customize workflows, integrate with existing systems, and scale across lines.
Frinks AI’s intelligence runs on over 1,000 production lines globally across automotive, consumer goods, medical devices, cement, and steel boosting throughput, reducing defects, and ensuring consistent quality.
The company is actively exploring partnerships with automation companies and OEM’s for a joint go-to-market initiative.
Frinks AI is also backed by prominent industry leaders including S Ramadorai (former MD & CEO, TCS), V Sumantran (former Executive Director, Tata Motors), Tarun Ramadorai (Prof Imperial College of London), and Gopichand Katragadda (former Group CTO, Tata Sons).
“With ongoing supply chain disruptions and rising global trade tensions, we’re seeing a strong push toward localized manufacturing as countries prioritize internal consumption. This marks the beginning of a new industrial revolution—one powered by advanced technologies that drive higher productivity and cost efficiency. Frinks AI is at the forefront of this transformation, helping manufacturers worldwide become more competitive, resilient, and future-ready,” said Aditya Agrawal, CEO and Co-founder of Frinks AI.
“Visual inspection in manufacturing has been around for 50 years but owing to rule-based approach its applicability has been limited to <15% scenarios typical on the assembly line. Frinks has leveraged advancements in image processing, AI compute to develop manufacturing-specific machine vision models. By combining foundational models with in-house fine-tuning using a small set of images, Frinks is able to guarantee 99.99% accuracy to its customers. It is our pleasure to partner with Aditya, Dharmagya and Subhra in expanding this 10x product to India as well as taking it global,” said Brij Bhushan, Partner at Prime VP.
